Planting a vegetable that can be eaten for a year seems to be the only Buddha's hand melon. Now all over the country are planted, the southern varieties are more, but these years our supermarkets also began to sell Buddha hand melon. Tender cucumbers can be shredded, tossed or sauteed, pickled and eaten for a year. Buddha's hand and persistent climbing plants, but our temperate regions of cultivation is usually a year planting, winter seedlings, planted in the spring, summer growth, harvested in the fall and stored in the winter can be fully eaten for a year. It is not an exaggeration to say that one Buddha's hand can be eaten for a year. A Buddha's hand melon in normal circumstances can bear about 500 fruits, each cucumber at least half a pound of seeds, really can not eat vegetables. At home plant so a tree or two can definitely eat, planted in the vegetable tourism garden is particularly conspicuous. Forsythiaceae has very few pests and diseases.

Buddhist cucumber like temperature without hardiness, suitable for seed germination temperature of 18-25, suitable for seedling growth temperature of 20-30, suitable for flowering and fruiting temperature of 15-20. need intermediate lighting, do not like strong light. It has moist climatic conditions, but does not tolerate immersion in water. Requirements for the soil is not strict, but preferably deep, fertile sheep soil or sheep's soil, especially good fertilizer, must be more organic fertilizer.

Generally from late January to late February in the indoor germination, early February to early March in the sunshine or pots seedlings. Buddha's hand fruit propagation by seed, is to use the whole fruit as sowing material, seed fruit is usually selected early, melon shape good dewy fruit. Melon propagation is one of the reasons for the high cost of Buddha's hand. It is best to bury the seeds flat in a prepared seedbed or larger pot, mound as much rotted leafy soil and organic fertilizer as possible under the soil in the seedbed without exposing the surface of the bell foil, and do not water unless the foliage wilts during the seedling process.

Transplanting for formal consumption is usually done in mid-March, in cultivation holes of 1 meter in length and width for formal consumption. Before stopping the formal meal must be more corrosive organic fertilizers, adding 30 kg of organic fertilizers and 5 kg of potassium chloride in a cultivation hole, covering the top 20 cm thick layer of soil, cover the soil after the formal meal watering.

After the Buddha's hand fruit plucked off the vine, make rectangular scaffolding, put the vine on the shelf, Grue left 3 ~ 5 main radish is good. After Jumanji is displayed, it is important to remove the center in time to promote the growth of complacency and hand, like all cucumber species to remove the volume. (William Shakespeare, Hamlet) Water lightly in the spring, sprinkle heavily in the summer to keep the ground hydrated, and regulate the water in the fall. Buddha's hand melon sad joy to harvest fertilizer at least three times, respectively attracted after the vine, flowering, cucumber, achievement machine.

Buddhist watermelon flowering takes about 80 days, female watermelon flowering takes about 20 days, melon weight reaches 250-500 grams, you can harvest berries. It is important to pick them in time usually harvesting them once in the 10s. You can usually harvest 300-500 if the soil is fertile enough.